Horn handled veterinary bistoury. This long, narrow surgical knife would have been used in veterinary medicine for making small incisions in minor ope

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Horn handled veterinary bistoury. This long, narrow surgical knife would have been used in veterinary medicine for making small incisions in minor operations such as opening abscesses for drainage. The knife was made by the manufacturer, Arnold and Sons and dates from around the year 1880.

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